Identity and Search in Social Networks
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Watts, D. J.
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Article
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2002
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American Association for the Advancement of Scienc
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English
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Social networks have the surprising property of being βsearchableβ: Ordinary people are capable of directing messages through their network of acquaintances to reach a specific but distant target person in only a few steps. We present a model that offers an explanation of social network searchabilit